Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90
निशम्येति च गीर्वाणाः प्रणीतं ब्रह्मणो वचः । प्रणिपत्य स्वधिष्ण्यानि प्रहृष्टाः परिवव्रजुः
niśamyeti ca gīrvāṇāḥ praṇītaṃ brahmaṇo vacaḥ | praṇipatya svadhiṣṇyāni prahṛṣṭāḥ parivavrajuḥ
Als die Götter die wohlgesprochenen Worte Brahmās vernahmen, warfen sie sich nieder und zogen, voller Freude, in ihre eigenen Wohnsitze davon.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Kāśīkhaṇḍa; likely Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Listener: Audience within Kāśī discourse
Scene: The devas, now delighted, bow to Brahmā and depart to their respective celestial abodes; the assembly hall empties into radiant pathways.
FAQs
Right counsel rooted in dharma restores peace; humility (bowing) follows true understanding.
Kāśī is the textual setting of Kāśīkhaṇḍa, but the verse itself describes the devas’ departure to their celestial abodes.
None; the action is reverential bowing (praṇipāta) in response to sacred instruction.